Amundi, EDF Join Firms Asking EU Not to Water Down ESG Rules

A nuclear reactor, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Flamanville, France.

Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
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Some of France’s largest companies, including Amundi SA and Electricite de France SA, have signed a letter to European policymakers urging them to ensure the bloc sticks with its current timetable for implementing ESG reporting rules.

The companies are responding to a growing wave of opposition to environmental, social and governance requirements, most recently in the form of German efforts to delay the rollout of reporting rules.